Cookihg-range



N. MASON.

Cooking Range.

No. 10,046. Patented Sept. 27, 1853.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS MASON, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

COOKING-RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,046, dated September 2'7, 1853.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, NICHOLAS Mason, ofRoxbury, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and Improved CookingRange; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the annexed draw ings, in which Figure l is anisometric view of the range; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section through theovens, fire box and water heater; Fig. 3, a transverse section upon theline A A of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, a transverse section through the fire box,hot air chamber, etc.

The nature of my invention consists in the adaptation of two ovens tothe range and in such an arrangement of fines that either one or both ofthem may be heated as required;

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

13 is the fire box; C the upper oven; D the lower oven; a, a damper forthe purpose of managing the flues.

When it is desired to use but one oven, the damper a is placed inposition seen in Fig, 2. From the flue L the heatpasses through theopening 9 into the space It which entirely surrounds the hot chamber S,the cover of which is seen raised at T in Fig. 1. This chamber servesthe purpose of keeping dishes, meats, etc., hot, and has been found inpractice to be a valuable addition to a range. From the space R aroundthis chamber the heat passes off at the opening h.

U is the water heater and 1s formed by constructing one of the jambs ofthe fire box hollow as seen in Fig. 2. By this means the heat whichusually escapes into the masonry of the range is economized, and theback plate of the fire bOX may be used for the purpose of heating an airchamber V, Fig. 4, which has hereto-fore not been practicable when waterbacks were employed.

The advantages possessed by this range over all others with which I amacquainted are many. By the employment of two ovens both puddings andmeats may be cooked at the same time, without injuring the flavor of theone by the other, and by the arrangementof fines which I have adopted,either one or both of them may be in operation at the same time.

I am aware that hot air chambers have been applied to ranges for thepurpose of heating meats, dishes, etc., and also that hot water spaceshave been applied to the sides of the grates instead of at the back. Itherefore lay no claim to such devices although I have introduced adescription of them above to facilitate the understanding of my range;but

Vv hat I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent, 'is

The employment of two ovens in combination with the peculiar arrangementof the fines around their top, bottom, back and sides, by which I amenabled to heat five sides of either one or both of them at a time asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature.

NICHOLAS MASON. Witnesses:

SAM. COOPER, JoHN S. Crow.

